My 90 Minutes of Fame

   I keep a mental list of things I would like to do some day before I die. I never took time to commit it to paper because it's rather fluid ie. ever changing & growing as new opportunities arise and my interests change.
   One item on my list- ride in a limo. Check.

Last evening the Miller family had a special occasion to celebrate, namely the 70th birthday of the family matriarch. One of the items on her hope-to-do-this-before-I-die list was a limo ride. We were invited to join in the surprise fulfilment of her wish. It was a privilege and a pleasure!

That's an 18 passenger super stretch Hummer limo. (Only a few inches shorter than our semi trailers, in case anyone cares.) Yes, it had all the accessories, including the neon lights inside. We got the white glove treatment and sipped sparkling fruit juices on ice in goblets as we motored along, enjoying our pretend celebrity status.

The Guest of Honor

We dined at Olive Gardens, one of my favorite restaurants. It was fun to be on the inside watching folks' reaction to this huge limo pulling up to the door. Might have been even funnier to be able to read their thoughts when the "Amish" started baling out. I would have been amazed myself- I've never seen so many people get out of a limo before.

   A. thinks it's sweet that she got her first limo ride at age 11 when yours truly had to wait almost 40 years for one. JS. is making plans to hire a limo for the senior class at graduation in a couple years (thanks a lot BIL for planting such an expensive idea in his head!) R. is contemplating taking up limo driving as his next job.

It was a delightful evening, but all good things must come to an end. Especially when the meter is ticking. And you can't make a silk purse out of a sow's ear, so we're back to being ordinary folks again.

   So... now that I've crossed another item off my list, I am wondering what I should wish for next. I have a milestone birthday coming up in the fall. With such a generous family as I've married into, I hope I can come up with something good. :) I've already done the hot air balloon ride, slept in a castle... hmm, the 6-week trip out west in a motor home might be a little too presumptuous... and the brilliant idea that came to me in my dreams last night has escaped me in the daylight. But I have 3 months to study on it.  

   

  



Student Driver

Evidence that a new driver hit the roads this week-

I'm trying to decide if son #2 is a better beginning driver than his older brother was or if I just have a thicker skin to teenage driving now. Probably the later. No door handle gripping or floorboard stomping.

But what I really want to know is why they ask a 15 1/2 year old if his driving privileges have ever been suspended, revoked, etc. What driving privileges would that be? Tricycle? Bicycle?